This Article Comes From EsinIslam Media English :: http://esinislam.com/MediaEnglish The URL For This Story Is: http://esinislam.com/MediaEnglish/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=512 By Islamophobia Reports Tennessee man convicted of planning to attack New York mosque Prosecutors said Robert Doggart stockpiled weapons and communicated with others about plans to attack a Muslim community called Islamberg A federal jury Thursday convicted a Tennessee man of planning to attack a mosque in New York. Media outlets reported that 65-year-old Robert Doggart was found guilty of solicitation to commit a civil rights violation, solicitation to commit arson of a building and making a threat in interstate commerce. The jury told US district judge Curtis Collier that it was deadlocked Wednesday. Collier didn't declare a mistrial and told jurors to return Thursday for more deliberations. Prosecutors said Doggart stockpiled weapons and communicated with others about plans to attack a Muslim community called Islamberg. An FBI agent showed jurors an M-4 rifle seized from Doggart's home and prosecutors played a series of conversations Doggart had with a confidential informant in March 2015. Doggart's attorneys argued that he had never had a consistent plan in place, he was entrapped by a confidential informant and he only wanted to conduct reconnaissance on Islamberg. Attorneys for Islamberg said Doggart was not charged with terrorism because the federal government doesn't have a "catch-all" law punishing domestic terrorists, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. The attorneys said prosecutors used non-terrorism charges for Doggart's case because current statutes are largely aimed at foreign radical groups. Doggart, of Signal Mountain, ran for Congress in 2014 in Tennessee and finished with 6% of the vote. Topic: Let Kill Islamophobia Let Kill Racism Comments 💬 التعليقات
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